Audible Rolls Out Lower-priced Subscription Plan

Audible is launching Audible Plus, a $7.95 per month service that will provide listeners will unlimited access to more than 68,000 hours of original content. In conjunction with the launch, the company has restructured its traditional credit-based subscription service into a new $14.95 per month offering called Audible Premium Plus, which will provide access to its full catalog of more than 500,000 titles. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-08-25 04:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2020-05-07 01:30:07 UTC ]
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Audible Charts: Dirty Little Secrets cleans up in the chart

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[ The Bookseller | 2020-05-06 16:17:52 UTC ]
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Spotify takes aim at Audible with help from Harry Potter

Daniel Radcliffe, David Beckham and Dakota Fanning are among a handful of celebrities who will be reading various chapters of “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone/Sorcerer’s Stone” exclusively on Spotify. The move underscores the streaming giant's efforts to invade all things digital audio. Continue reading at Advertising Age

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Boston-based Cengage and McGraw-Hill drop merger plans

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[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2020-05-04 15:05:34 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2020-05-04 10:50:25 UTC ]
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Roddy Doyle and Joseph O'Neill have been longlisted for the £30,000 Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Amazon to cut price of its ebooks to reflect removal of VAT

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